Robocalls compromise privacy and public safety, undermine the federal Lifeline telecommunications program by using up low-income consumers' limited minutes, and subject vulnerable consumers to telemarketing scams. NCLC works to defend and strengthen consumer laws, particularly the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), to protect consumers from abusive and illegal practices.

6/3/17 New York Times “Telemarketers fight to get in with no ring” by Tara Siegel Bernard quotes NCLC Senior Counsel Margot Saunders on the dangers of ringless voicemail. This story also ran in the Boston Globe and the Tampa Bay Times.